A United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights by Roger Stenson Clark (auth.)

prospects of the excessive Commissioner concept with cautious scholarship and intelligent judgment. Mr. Clark wrote the 1st draft of this e-book lower than my supervision for the measure of surgeon of the technological know-how of legislations at Columbia legislations institution earlier than returning to take in his occupation as a legislation instructor in his local New Zealand. i'm thrilled that his paintings, during this stronger and up-to-date model, is now being released. It fills a true want, because it is the 1st e-book in this very important topic. in this get together it would be acceptable so as to add a number of reviews at the heritage of the excessive Commissioner notion. As Mr. Clark exhibits, I had anything to do with its "revival" within the usa govt throughout the final months of the Kennedy management. a number of information as to how this "revival" came about could be helpful to scholars of diplomacy and foreign organization.

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Doc. N. Doc. 4/100l. N. Doc. E/CNA/1002 (1969) commenting on references to Gibraltar in the British Report. In the course of the discussion of the item at the 1969 Session of the Commission the representative of Israel withdrew the whole of the Report. , Supp. N. Doc. E/4621 (1969). 36 Reports on economic, social and cultural rights were received in 1969. 102 M. Moskowitz, The Politics and Dynamics of Human Rights 94 (1968). 87 tI8 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVITY 29 Not only have governments been unwilling and unable to escape the bias of their own perspectives, but the information they have been furnishing can hardly be said to provide an expanding vision of reality.

E/4393 (1967), which directed a thorough review of the whole matter. See generally S. Liskofsky, The UN. O. System (American Jewish Committee, Jan. 1970). N. Doc. E/42/Rev. 2 at 4 (1946). 121 ECOSOC res. , Supp. N. Doc. E/4548 (1968), as amended by res. 1391 (XLVI) of 3 June 1969. On the superseded arrangements (generally a little more generous to the organizations) see Lador-Lederer. op. cit. supra note 32 at 402-408. N. bodies. Rights of consultation vary in their detail according to the group in which an organization is placed but broadly speaking NGOs on any of the lists may send representatives to the Council and its Commissions and may make written, and sometimes oral, submissions on matters with which they are concerned.

The comments of the New Zealand representative on the Commission: "It was the intention of the majority in the Economic and Social Council to keep the spotlight on Southern Africa, but they had admitted the possibility that situations in other parts of the world might merit attention. The Sub-Commission ... knowing that 26 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVITY The Sub-Commission's report received lengthy discussion. S. R. S. draft resolution (which nevertheless cut the ground out from under the Sub-Commission) 90 was adopted.